[ SECRET POST #514 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #514 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[that's McKay from SGA, by the way; ass-recognition courtesy of failaga]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 13 pages, 305 secrets from Secret Submission Post #074.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - too big ], [ 1 2 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ], [ 1 - random link, wtf? ].
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Comments

Re: 128 OP

[(Anonymous)]

You definitely raise good points, and in theory, I don't disagree with you. That Utena is a series about women's relationship with each other is true; however it is also very much about women's relationships with men, as well, as the Utena/Touga and Utena/Akio and Anthy/Akio relationships define so well. If the director didn't want to muddle things by having the plot revolve around romantic relationships more than it did, which I think he was wise to do, then why bother having any romantic entanglements at all? That's my question.

I agree with your second paragraph very much, and I reiterate: why the need for romance there? Doesn't friendship work to this end as well?

And I agree with your third paragraph as well, but I still feel the line wasn't strictly necessary. To me, it implied more than just a brief visit, it was a quest. While I very much agree with your reasons for her wanting to find Utena, and I don't have a problem with her finding her per se, I just question the motives behind the decision to have her do so.

Your fourth paragraph makes a very interesting point and I'll mull that over. Since every other sexual relationship in the show was at best dysfunctional, it would be an interesting contrast.

And not a problem, I'm just trying to understand this discomfort I have with the ending now that I've gotten an insight into the director's decision on an aspect of the relationship I hadn't been aware of previously. Other people's views are helping me process a lot of it. :)